Community› The Bump Local Boards› Austin Babies
Austin Babies
New Discussion

water in a sippy... how long til contaminated?

babymilliebabymillie member
in Austin Babies

how long do you leave water in a sippy cup before you think it becomes contaminated?  like an hour?  a day?  (not like it really matters, he doesn't really know how to use it yet, but still......)

 

Report Reply to Post

Re: water in a sippy... how long til contaminated?

  • SinafeySinafey member
    I give it a good hot water rinse before refilling and get a new cup each morning.  For milk I put it in the fridge after each meal and swap it out once per day, but I'm not sure that's often enough...
    .
    Report Reply
  • Loading the player...
  • ChandleyChandley

    we never reuse milk ones without washing.

    water, well it usually doesn't last long enough to sit all day - and I reuse the same water one all day - giving it a good hot rinse before refilling. 

     

    image
    B&W Photo by Wildhouse Photography

    Baby Birthday Ticker Ticker
    Report Reply
  • babymilliebabymillie member

    thanks guys.  he never finishes it and just takes a few sips throughout the day and that is if I help him (he is still bfed) so I think it would last days without needing a refill.

    WILL HE EVER LEARN? 

    Report Reply
  • SinafeySinafey member
    imagebabymillie:

    thanks guys.  he never finishes it and just takes a few sips throughout the day and that is if I help him (he is still bfed) so I think it would last days without needing a refill.

    WILL HE EVER LEARN? 

    Catie didn't really get interested in her cup until I switched her to the Munchkin straw cups around 12 months.  She barely drank any at your LO's age.

    .
    Report Reply
  • babymilliebabymillie member
    imageSinafey:
    imagebabymillie:

    thanks guys.  he never finishes it and just takes a few sips throughout the day and that is if I help him (he is still bfed) so I think it would last days without needing a refill.

    WILL HE EVER LEARN? 

    Catie didn't really get interested in her cup until I switched her to the Munchkin straw cups around 12 months.  She barely drank any at your LO's age.

    ok - thank you!

    Report Reply
  • NoisemakerNoisemaker

    My second took forever to learn the sippy and straws.  I held my finger over the straw and let it drip into her mouth, didn't work.  I was skeptical but really ready for her to take a sippy, so I bought this trainer straw cup and she mastered straws the first day we had it. 

    ETA:  she was around 12 months at the time, so maybe something for you to consider in a few months

    Report Reply
  • babymilliebabymillie member
    imageNoisemaker:

    My second took forever to learn the sippy and straws.  I held my finger over the straw and let it drip into her mouth, didn't work.  I was skeptical but really ready for her to take a sippy, so I bought this trainer straw cup and she mastered straws the first day we had it. 

    ETA:  she was around 12 months at the time, so maybe something for you to consider in a few months

    thank you!

    Report Reply
  • fjarilfjaril

    We tried some sippy cups, bu most required some amount of biting pressure and my boobs did not respond well to being bitten for milk. I just got some straws and taught him how to drink from a straw. Then I could avoid all the bite to get liquid trainers etc.

    I just got some regular straws, cut them short and started by just sticking it in water and plugging the other end with my finger so a little was trapped in and would drip it in his mouth.  After a day or so of that, he started trying to suck at the straw. Then I would put it in the cup and he could do it by himself w/in 2 weeks.

    It was easy and cheap and I avoided fiftybillion cups with sixtybillions pieces to take apart and rinse :)

    I started the straws around 8 months and just gave him an open cup to play with around 9-10 and by a year he was drinking from a straw or open cup on his own.

     

    Warning No formatter is installed for the format bbhtml
    Report Reply
  • babymilliebabymillie member
    imagefjaril:

    We tried some sippy cups, bu most required some amount of biting pressure and my boobs did not respond well to being bitten for milk. I just got some straws and taught him how to drink from a straw. Then I could avoid all the bite to get liquid trainers etc.

    I just got some regular straws, cut them short and started by just sticking it in water and plugging the other end with my finger so a little was trapped in and would drip it in his mouth.  After a day or so of that, he started trying to suck at the straw. Then I would put it in the cup and he could do it by himself w/in 2 weeks.

    It was easy and cheap and I avoided fiftybillion cups with sixtybillions pieces to take apart and rinse :)

    I started the straws around 8 months and just gave him an open cup to play with around 9-10 and by a year he was drinking from a straw or open cup on his own.

     

    Thanks! So he wouldn't dump it everywhere? Impressive!
    Report Reply
This discussion has been closed.
Choose Another Board
Search Boards
"
"